My proposal is too find an alternate method to produce electricity. The alternate method will allow for electricity to be cost efficient and environmentally safe. In modern day society, electricity is generated when water is heated turned to steam and directed to turbines. The fuel that is used in today’s society is the radioactive element uranium-235. When it absorbs an extra neutron it splits into fissure and releases energy. When this process is repeated it then continuously produces steam. Unfortunately this fuel is a toxic material that is also the basis of nuclear weaponry.
The use of nuclear power leads to nuclear power and the construction of nuclear weapons has been widespread across the world. It has become very expensive for the government’s needed high safety standards. My alternate method to produce electricity is to use the remaining uranium materials instead of burning fossil fuels as the government does today. It then becomes cheaper because they are using used uranium materials to produce the same amount of electricity. The government views the electricity produced from nuclear energy cheaper but when one includes research, plant construction, and safety standards it becomes an expensive energy source. The use of nuclear energy to produce electricity is not only expensive but also dangerous due to the radioactive waste produced by the nuclear plants. There is no answer by the government in regards to the radioactive waste. It wouldn’t be a good idea to build more nuclear power plants instead it would be better if the government used renewable uranium materials and increased energy efficiency.
By using this alternate method to produce electricity it will no longer be necessary to use nuclear fusion for power. Using renewable uranium materials and increased energy efficiency is the answer to a safer, clean, and cheaper energy production. It won’t produce radioactive waste and won’t have problems for a long period of time. Unlike today’s government which must be maintained for a long period of time to produce electricity and still has negative effects like harmful radioactive wastes and nuclear safety concerns.
The use of nuclear power leads to nuclear power and the construction of nuclear weapons has been widespread across the world. It has become very expensive for the government’s needed high safety standards. My alternate method to produce electricity is to use the remaining uranium materials instead of burning fossil fuels as the government does today. It then becomes cheaper because they are using used uranium materials to produce the same amount of electricity. The government views the electricity produced from nuclear energy cheaper but when one includes research, plant construction, and safety standards it becomes an expensive energy source. The use of nuclear energy to produce electricity is not only expensive but also dangerous due to the radioactive waste produced by the nuclear plants. There is no answer by the government in regards to the radioactive waste. It wouldn’t be a good idea to build more nuclear power plants instead it would be better if the government used renewable uranium materials and increased energy efficiency.
By using this alternate method to produce electricity it will no longer be necessary to use nuclear fusion for power. Using renewable uranium materials and increased energy efficiency is the answer to a safer, clean, and cheaper energy production. It won’t produce radioactive waste and won’t have problems for a long period of time. Unlike today’s government which must be maintained for a long period of time to produce electricity and still has negative effects like harmful radioactive wastes and nuclear safety concerns.
Bibliography
Raymond, David (April 7, 2006). Nuclear Binding Energies. New Mexico Tech. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/chapters/14/1.html
www.climatetechnology.gov/library/2003/tech-options/tech-options-2-2-1.pdf
Raymond, David (April 7, 2006). Nuclear Binding Energies. New Mexico Tech. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/chapters/14/1.html
www.climatetechnology.gov/library/2003/tech-options/tech-options-2-2-1.pdf
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